Alabama briefs: Shooting leaves 1 deputy dead, wounds another

Shooting leaves 1 deputy dead, wounds another

FAIRHOPE - Authorities say an Alabama deputy sheriff has been fatally shot and another deputy has been critically wounded while responding to a call. The subject of the call was also killed.

The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Friday night that the deputies were responding to a call at about 4 p.m. expressing concern about someone's well-being. The news release says the officers "were engaged in an officer-involved shooting" when they were both shot.

Both deputies were transported to USA Medical Center, where one was pronounced dead. The second deputy was in critical condition late Friday.

Authorities said "the subject was also shot during the exchange and he was pronounced dead at the scene."

The county's Major Crimes Task Force was investigating, and the sheriff's office was not immediately releasing further details.

Estranged wife shot on Thanksgiving

ALBERTVILLE - Police said a Thanksgiving dinner ended in gunfire at a north Alabama home, leaving two people with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said a man went to a holiday dinner at a home in Albertville and got into an argument with his estranged wife. The woman was reportedly pregnant.

Police said the man shot the woman repeatedly and then shot himself.

Albertville Police Sgt. Jamie Smith said both people were taken to Huntsville Hospital by helicopter ambulance.

Toddler dies from car crash injuries

MORGAN CITY - A 3-year-old girl who was among six people injured in a wreck has died.

WAAY reported that Kaitlyn Reid died from her injuries early Thursday morning. She was hurt in a collision between an SUV and a minivan Wednesday around 12:37 p.m.

The television station reported the girl's mother, Jordyn Elizabeth Neilsen, and 2-month-old sister, Brylie, were also seriously injured.

State troopers said the driver of the other vehicle, 46-year-old Leah Suzanne Osborne Keith, and two passengers - 76-year-old Wiley Osborne and 22-year-old Lyndsey Keith - were also injured.

Fake Iron Bowl tickets spotted

TUSCALOOSA - Authorities are warning football fans to be on the lookout for fake tickets for today's Alabama-Auburn game.

The Iron Bowl is a sellout, but tickets are still for on sale on websites including Craigslist.

Many are priced in the hundreds of dollars, and brokers say some of those tickets could be frauds.

University of Alabama officials said that anyone trying to get into the game with a fake ticket could be investigated, and no one will get into Bryant-Denny Stadium with a counterfeit ticket.

Deadly shooting leads to 2 arrests

DOTHAN - Two people have been arrested on charges related to grand jury testimony following a deadly police shooting in Dothan.